Scott Niemann
Telelogic

To remain competitive in today's market, mobile carriers must reduce the cost of developing, deploying and managing new services and improve application development methods. These will become critical success factors as data-rich 3G, 3.5G, and 4G network systems evolve and the number of consumers, as well as the number of services available to consumers, increase exponentially.

This paper provides an overview of key concepts of NGN network development and of current development practices, identifying flaws in today's metholodologies. It presents the solution of Model-Driven Development (MDD) as a supplement to traditional, code-centric development.